The responses have been mixed. Both sides bring up good points, but I will make my case here since Twitter only allows 140 characters at a time. So here it is:

The reason the company I work for allows me to spend tip $200+ dollars a week is because we get it. We understand the sacrifice open source developers/contributors give everyday to make sure billions of people can enjoy their favorite web services such as Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Youtube, Instagram, etc. We also understand that we are able to build a profitable business that can compete with 800 pound gorillas on commodity hardware and FOSS. As a test, I decided to show the world who we donate to. I got great responses and a lot of "thank you's" e.g.:

No, Thank You. Thank you John for putting blood, sweat and tears into jQuery. Thank you Mark and Jacob for spending nights (after your day job) and weekends working on Bootstrap. Thank you Chad for creating a simple, open platform where individuals and organizations can give small weekly cash gifts to people we love, are inspired by and give back to the FOSS community. Last but not least thank You. Yes, you reading this right now. I am sure you have made some contribution to an open source project, so thanks.

In closing I would recommend every company who uses open source software to get on Gittip and give back to those who allow you to run your business.